books.google.com - Annotation We live in the age of the "permanent campaign", when the line between campaigning and governing has blurred, when pollsters are consulted on nearly every matter of policy, and when the old congressional customs of comity have given way to roll call votes designed solely to frame campaign commercials....http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Permanent_Campaign_and_Its_Future.html?id=NcNFdI0KhLgC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Permanent Campaign and Its Future